Lakovic languages

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The Tergetic languages are a language family native to Talma.

Todo

Phylogeny

Proto-Tergetic phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ ʔ /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
aspirated φ /pʰ/ θ /tʰ/ χ /kʰ/
Fricative f /f/ s /s̻/ š /s̺/ ś /ɬ/ h /h/
Affricate ts /ts̻/ /ts̺/ /tɬ/
Approximant r /r/ l /l/ y /j/

Vowels

Proto-Tergetic had 6 vowels and register tone:

i ü u e o a = /i y u e o a/

ì ǜ ù è ò à = low/breathy vowels

Phonotactics

Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.

Proto-Tergetic, like Old Chinese, had a contrast between tightly and loosely attached presyllables.

Proto-Tergetic morphology

Nouns

Proto-Tergetic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.

  • direct case marker: id-
  • indirect case marker: how-

Adjectives

Adjectives agreed with nouns in gender. For example:

  • šmer toʔ = a good man (m);
  • ʔama toʔi = a good mother (f)

Verbs

TODO: triggers, aspects

Numbers

  1. ʔadòni
  2. raθi
  3. stsiwi
  4. msàχi
  5. Cə.mǜtsi
  6. taχi
  7. kàtsdi
  8. lχorsi
  9. rə.φòyi
  10. θabi
  11. śaduli
  12. srüχi

Proto-Tergetic syntax

Proto-Tergetic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.